Game 5 - 7:00 ET, AHL Live (GR leads series, 3-1)Eyeing their first trip to the Western Conference Finals since 2006, Grand Rapids takes a 3-1 series lead into tonight's Game 5 at Van Andel Arena after pulling away for a 4-1 win over Toronto last night... For the first time in the series, the Marlies got on the board first in Game 4 when Carter Ashton (2-2-4) put a bad-angle shot past Griffins goalie Petr Mrazek (6-3, 1.90, .920)... Tomas Jurco (4-3-7) tied the game early in the second period, and then assisted on the game-winning goal by Landon Ferraro (2-7-9) midway through the third... Ferraro now has a point in five straight contests (2-6-8)... Jeff Hoggan (3-3-6) and Jan Mursak (4-3-7) scored empty-net goals in the final minute to seal the win for Grand Rapids, which has now scored 25 goals in its last five games... Riley Sheahan (1-7-8) registered two assists for the second straight game... Toronto's Drew MacIntyre (4-3, 2.94, .911) stopped 32 of 34 shots in last night's loss... The Griffins are 6-7 in their AHL history with a chance to close out a playoff series, including a Game 5 win over Toronto in 2006... The Marlies are 5-4 all-time when facing elimination, including a successful comeback from 3-1 down to eliminate Syracuse in 2008... Grand Rapids is 4-for-22 (18.2 percent) on the power play in the series; Toronto is 2-for-17 (11.8 percent).

Game 5 - 7:05 ET, AHL Live (PRO leads series, 3-1)Down 3-0 in the series and 1-0 in Game 4, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton scored three times in 11:32 during the second period and pulled out a 3-1 win over Providence last night... Warren Peters (3-0-3), Riley Holzapfel (3-2-5) and Chad Kolarik (4-2-6) had the goals for the Penguins, with captain Joey Mormina (0-6-6) assisting on all three... Mormina, who entered the postseason with 1-1-2 in 51 career Calder Cup Playoff games, leads all AHL defensemen with six playoff assists... Brad Thiessen (2-1, 1.37, .945), getting his second consecutive start after relieving Jeff Zatkoff during Game 2, made 31 saves... Carter Camper (8-5-13) extended his scoring streak to eight games with the Bruins' only goal... Niklas Svedberg (6-3, 3.16, .898) stopped 19 shots and saw his six-game winning streak come to an end... The Penguins were 1-for-2 on the power play in Game 4, improving to 5-for-15 (33.3 percent) in the series... The Pens were also 4-for-4 on the penalty kill, and have snuffed out eight straight Bruins man-advantages after Providence's 4-for-8 start to the series... Wilkes-Barre improved to 18-11 all-time when facing elimination... Providence dropped to 17-9 with a chance to wrap up a series, ending a streak of nine straight wins in that situation since its previous loss in 2000.

About Last Night...The Syracuse Crunch made some history last night, finishing the first four-game sweep in franchise history and advancing to the conference finals for the first time in 17 years with a 5-2 win over Springfield... While top guns Tyler Johnson (7-7-14) and Ondrej Palat (4-11-15) were held off the scoresheet in Game 4, J.T. Wyman (2-3-5) scored twice and defenseman Mark Barberio (3-1-4) and Matt Taormina (1-5-6) found the net also... Syracuse, the 10th team in AHL history to start a postseason with at least seven straight wins, outscored the Falcons 18-7 in the series... Veteran defenseman Bryan Helmer was in the Falcons' lineup for the first time this postseason, extending his AHL record with his 159th career Calder Cup Playoff game played... In its 4-1 win, Grand Rapids outshot Toronto 36-18, and is now averaging a league-best 36.67 shots per contest this postseason... The Griffins have outshot their opponent in all nine of their playoff games; the Marlies have been outshot in all seven of theirs... Wilkes-Barre/Scranton held Providence forwards Chris Bourque (5-8-13) and Jamie Tardif (7-3-10) without a point for the second consecutive game in last night's 3-1 victory... In NHL action, 2011 Calder Cup Playoffs MVP Robin Lehner made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut and stopped 20 of 21 shots in 38 minutes of work during Ottawa's 4-3 loss to Pittsburgh.

The 3-1 HoleSeventeen teams in AHL history have come back to win a best-of-seven series after trailing 3-1, including seven in the last decade:

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